Elaboración de un manual de Buenas Prácticas de Manufactura (BPM) para la empresa de lácteos El Conquistador ubicada en Ecuador, provincia Cotopaxi, ciudad Salcedo -Yambo

Abstract

Good Manufacturing Practices (BPM) are directly associated with food safety, and focus on all production operations in the plant, this to maintain control over the preparation of food, which must be safe, healthy, and safe for the consumer. The objective of this project is to contribute to the improvement of the quality and safety of the products produced by the dairy company El Conquistador. It began by evaluating the current situation of the company through an internal on-site audit and a checklist based on the technical health regulations ARCSA-DE-067-2015. This analysis yielded an initial compliance percentage of 62 percent to the BPM requirements demanded by the standard. The results reveal the non-conformities found within each of the sections of the company, these are: GMP facilities and requirements, equipment and utensils, personnel obligations, raw materials and supplies, production operations, packaging, labeling and packaging, storage, distribution, transportation and marketing and quality assurance. After resolving most of the non-conformities found within the plant, the percentage of compliance rose to 87 percent. Finally, a BPM manual was prepared, which includes the Standard Operating Procedures (POE) and the Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (POES), these procedures were carried out based on the needs of the plant and under the requirements demanded by the standard.